Burn institute to be opened in 2018

Health Desk--August 11, 2017: Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim has said the 500-seated Burn and Plastic Sergey Institute and Hospital after the name of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be inaugurated in September, 2018.

"Bangladesh Army has been constructing the institute at a faster pace and with efficiency," he told newsmen after visiting the construction work of the institute in the city’s Chankharpul area on Thursday.

The minister expressed the hope that thousands of burn injured patients will get advanced treatment from the institute and hospital.

Earlier on April 6, 2016, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work by laying the foundation stone of the institute. The institute will be a 12-storied structure with two-storied basement.